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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Hornblower thrown into the water?
(a) The boat hits a tree limb.
(b) He intentionally gets in the water.
(c) Brown accidentally knocks him in with an oar.
(d) The boat capsizes.

2. How does Brown feel at dinner?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Confused.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) Self-conscious.

3. Of what is Hornblower convicted?
(a) Piracy.
(b) Unlawful imprisonment of French citizens.
(c) Spying.
(d) Unlawful impressment of French citizens.

4. Where do the men spend their first night in France?
(a) Rosas.
(b) Etiennen.
(c) Calysos.
(d) Cerbère.

5. What does Hornblower announce as he knocks on the door?
(a) That he is a French spy.
(b) That he is an English diplomat.
(c) That he is a French general.
(d) That he is a prisoner of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Captain Horatio Hornblower languishing?

2. What is disgraceful about the French behavior after the English strike their colors?

3. Who is Lady Barbara Leighton?

4. What does Hornblower learn about Leighton?

5. Why does Hornblower choose Brown instead of his actual steward to make the journey to Paris with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hornblower decide who will travel to Paris with him? Do you think it was a good choice?

2. What does Hornblower say is the reason Bush should not be executed and what is Caillard's response? What does the response say to you about his character?

3. How does Hornblower appeal to Caillard's humanity and what is Caillard's response?

4. In what kind of physical shape is Bush?

5. Who is the owner of the house where the escapees knock to ask for aid? How does he treat the prisoners initially?

6. What do you think of the fact that of all the houses the men could have gone they happen to find one with occupants sympathetic to them?

7. What does Hornblower do after the men are dried and clothed and Bush is put to bed? What does the Count tell Hornblower?

8. What happens that stops the escapees' trip down the river?

9. How do the Spanish treat Hornblower and what can he see from where he is? What do you think it says about his character that they would do this?

10. Why might Marie be a better match in some ways for Hornblower than his wife or the Admiral's wife?

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